Thinking back, D.A.R.E. was so fucking aggressive. Those cops were in our classroom once a week, warning about all the drug dealers out there waiting in alleys to give us free drugs. I distinctly remember when they showed up once and I was furious I had to stop playing Oregon Trail. It just made me hate cops more.

Antidotal evidence, but I remember when the war on drugs was raging, all the commercials, and a DARE officer coming to the classroom once a week. He would even play tetherball and handball with us at recess. And I still grew up to a be junkie!